Weird Symptoms of Iron Deficiency | Nails, Tongue, Skin, Hair & Others

Weird Symptoms of Iron Deficiency | Nails, Tongue, Skin, Hair & Others

Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. Iron deficiency can lead to several important clinical outcomes, including iron deficiency anemia. In addition to anemia, iron deficiency can lead to a host of other strange and vague signs and symptoms, including cracking lips (angular cheilitis), canker sores, dry skin, thinning hair and an association with restless legs syndrome. In this lesson, we discuss why these signs and symptoms occur along with many other atypical and “weird” signs and symptoms of iron deficiency.

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[rossothecrimson]

In America when you go to the doctor with these symptoms they try to give you Psych Meds instead of doing detective work. 😂😂😂 hate it here sometimes.

[elizabethtovar]

Three years I had a SEVERE ice addiction. I went to several doctors. Eventually several dental visits (cracked my teeth from the ice). Finally, a doctor figured it out. Two days after iron supplementation and my ice addiction was gone. That’s all it took.

[karenwhinesmore]

I have been religiously eating frozen strawberries. I was just diagnosed with iron deficiency and vitamin againdeficiency. I was searching to find out more about these issues. And my mind is blown. Because I experience at least 98% of the symptoms for both deficiencies. I was just prescribed medicine & i am praying for relief!! I just want to know what it feels like to feel good again. Its been so long I honestly can't remember what it feels like to wake up in the morning pain free, energetic & looking forward to doing something. This diagnosis gives me hope that with the right meds I may experience that feeling again.

[Unsensitive]

As a heterozygous carrier of a hemochromatosis gene, this is one issue I'll never need to worry about.

[nonyabidness]

Its more than just hair loss its the growth phase stops and remains dormant causing the hair that doesnt fall to stay at a cropped length.

[CJ-oxoc]

The annoying bit is when you have iron deficiency, pretty often the symptoms are listed in a was that doesn't go into it, doesn't elaborate and makes it vague wherever you look for info. You are left wondering if your symptoms are iron deficiency, even when you've been diagnosed because they tell you you might not even have symptoms or describe basic ones that could apply for another condition

[gutmicrobiomequeen]

SIBO is also associated with RLS 🙃. So, if you're trying to get to the root cause of RLS and you're not Iron-deficient you may want to look into that. (SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, btw. Common symptoms are bloating, abdominal pain, and irregular stools.)

[mikeg]

Whoa! I’ve had 90% of these symptoms over the past year without having any clue that iron was the cause. I don’t have hair loss, at least not noticeable but probably because I’m Native American and it would take a whole lot wrong to start balding lol. That and no mouth sores but I absolutely had angular chelitis a few months back. Just looked at my nails and can see the lines in them and also realized I haven’t had to cut them hardly at all. The most noticeable thing has been the RLS, tiredness, and recently my calves have started feeling cramped for no reason. At first it was just my left and now my right one too.
I’m here because I just got my blood test back from a checkup and my ferritin/transferritin levels were super low. Haven’t heard back from the doc since it’s thanksgiving week but got the electronic copy of the results online and I’m taking an iron supplement now.
This is actually really relieving because I’ve been supplementing on all the major vitamins for the past month with no results and never even thought of iron probably because I’m a man and it’s just not something I really ever hear any concern about other than for women.
Doing some research, I think it might be due to all the NSAID’s I’ve been taking.

[Starchaser]

After long term Zinc Intake I had Iron Overload/ Disregulation and Anemia. This was because Zinc intake caused a Copper deficiency which caused Iron to malfunction and cause serious health issues which had me ending up in hospital. Zinc supplements cause Anemia and Neutrapenia, grey hair, rapid skin wrinkles, all symptoms reversed within several months after stopping Zinc and taking a Copper supplement..Copper manufacturers Collagen which improves skin and hair quality and colour. My iron is fine now and so is ny health 😊

[udojvsd]

This is the MOST information that I have ever received about low iron! THANK u! I am a senior and back when I was younger I understood my low iron, because women go threw a cycle! But now as a.senior there's none of that! And iron is still low! Dr's NEVER explain the reasons to me, signs or anything else! Thank u again because I have most of every sign that u mention! Symptoms that I never had when I was young!

[MystikalWisdom]

I ate much ice, I wore down the enamel on my back teeth and my friend referred to me as the ice lady 😅
After having my hysterectomy, I no longer crave or chew ice

[carolynmathison]

Thank you for sharing this awesome educational video I really appreciate it ❤

[kathyborthwickLakotaEmoji]

Thank You as I discovered mt iron I severely deplete- Am taking supplants and seems to help a lot ☝🏾👵🏽😊

[bottletree]

I have iron deficiency anemia. But I have not one symptom related to this. Only found out by a blood test for something else.

[ljmcdonald]

My sister had severe iron deficiency, she’s had problems with her iron levels from the age of 17 (she’s now 29) but in the last few years it worsened she experienced tiredness and often felt faint and would pass out as a result. Two iron infusions later and she’s starting to feel better though still tired but not as much as before

[WasabiSniffer]

well that explains a lot. i have ridged nails, angular chelitis, and lots of canker sores. guess i have to adjust my diet

[em]

Thank you JJ Medicine.
Always excellent.

[udojvsd]

Thank you! Never knew all those things can happen! And it seems that I have had a good 80 percent of everything u mention!

[LB-swkm]

Getting random chills ?
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